TS 11898
Safety Rules For Health Care Facilities Part 10-The Collectıon Of Hazardous Waste Dısposals And Theır Handlıng To The Responsıble Authorıtıes
This standard covers the precautions that must be taken at disposal of hazardous wastes that are produced in health care facility and safety rules that must be obeyed by the personnel of the health care facility.
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About This Item
TS 11898 is a safety standard for health care facilities focused on the collection, temporary handling, and handover of hazardous waste to the responsible authorities. Its emphasis is the precautionary chain followed by staff from the point waste is generated through to final disposal, so the document is concerned with safe management practices rather than the detailed composition of the waste itself.
What hazardous health-care waste means in general technical terms
In general technical usage, hazardous health-care waste includes waste that may carry infection risk, be sharp or cutting, contain chemicals, or require special control for environmental reasons. Segregation at source, use of suitable containers, labelling, temporary storage and transfer to authorised handlers are core principles in this field because they reduce exposure for staff and help prevent environmental contamination. The scope of TS 11898 is specifically about the safety rules and precautions that personnel in health care facilities must observe across that handling chain.
Why this standard matters in practice
- Frames safe working behaviour for staff who handle waste in health care settings.
- Supports the separation of hazardous waste from other institutional waste streams.
- Reinforces controlled and traceable handling during collection and handover.
- Provides a technical reference that links occupational safety with environmental protection in health service operations.
- Publication Date: 5.12.1995
- Standard Status: U (Yürürlükteki Standard/Standard)
- Publisher: TSE
- Document Language: tr
- ICS Classification: 01.040.13 Çevre ve Sağlık Koruma, Güvenlik (Terimler); 13.030.30 Özel Atıklar
- Pages: 13
- Source Standard: * Tıbbi Atıkların Kontrolu Yönetmeliği (20 Mayıs 1993 tarih ve 21586 sayılı)* -Su Kirliliği Kontrolü Yönetmeliği (4 Eylül 1988 tarih ve 19919 sayılı)* Muhtelif Uluslararası Sağlık Kuruluşlarının Güvenlik Kuralları* -Temel Sağlık Hizmetleri Kanunu (K.No:3359)* -Umumi Hıfzıssıhha Kanunu (K.No:1593)* -Ayliffe G.A.J., Clinical Waste: How Dangerous is it Current opinion in Infeetious Diseases, Volume (7), PP: 499-502, (1994)* -Martin MA, Wenzel RP: Sterilization, Disinfection and Disposal of Infectio
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